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Shares of Expedia Inc (NASDAQ: EXPE) hit a new all-time high on Friday in reaction to its second-quarter results and are up by more than 40 percent since the start of 2017. Yet UBS's Eric Sheridan maintains a Buy rating on Expedia's stock with a price target boosted from $155 to $178....

Summer travel season is in full swing. For U.S. vacationers on a budget, a new report from GasBuddy reveals drivers should be particularly careful when filling up near state lines. According to analyst Patrick DeHaan, there is currently a huge difference in gas prices on opposite sides of a handful...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) will be live-streaming its first ever deliveries of the new Model 3 sedans on Friday, but Barclays' Brian Johnson is taking the milestone to reiterate a $165 price target on the stock. At its core Tesla is very much a "successful luxury niche" automaker but at...

Analysts at UBS turned bearish on Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO), a small-cap provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management solutions, after the stock has already lost 30 percent since the start of 2017. The firm's Thomas Wadewitz downgraded Echo's stock...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE: HPE)'s CEO Meg Whitman is not leaving her job to fill the vacant CEO post at Uber Technologies, Inc. The executive's name has been floating around this week as a possible successor to Uber's co-founder and recently ousted CEO Travis Kalanick. A spokesperson...

Autonomous vehicles surged ahead Thursday as lawmakers supported a one-year deployment of 25,000 cars exempt from certain federal safety standards. A U.S. House Committee voted 54–0 to send the revised bill to the floor. “That’s a really big deal, because that’s a lot of...

Loup Ventures managing partner Gene Munster believes patience will pay off in a big way for Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) investors. “We’re believers that Tesla will play a central role in two upcoming paradigm shifts: 1) EV and autonomous transportation, and 2) renewable energy. We believe...

On Thursday, the Nevada state gaming control board released its report on gaming revenue for the Las Vegas area in the month of June. Nevada's non-restricted gaming licensees reported a total taxable revenue of $893.7 million in June, a 4.4 percent year-over-year increase. Statewide revenue is...

“We are clearly late to the party,” said Credit Suisse analyst Robert Spingarn in a note while upgrading Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) from Neutral to Outperform with a price target increase from $200 to $300. Spingarn is now one of the most bullish analysts covering Boeing (see his track record...

The earnings parade continues as the Fed wraps up its July meeting. Biotech giant Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) reports today after market close, and tomorrow morning both Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) release their second-quarter results....

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HA) shares plummeted after a second-quarter earnings miss. The miss didn't deter imperial Capital, however, maintaining its Outperform rating and $74 price target, while raising its Q3 EPS estimates on higher unit revenues and lower jet fuel prices. According to...

In what could go down as the biggest fight of all time, the McGregor-Mayweather fight has generated quite the interest, with vicious trash talk during the pugilists' four-stop world tour. With the first batch of tickets going on sale on Monday, TicketIQ, a secondary ticket market...

Gone may be the days when you have to tell your Lyft driver to make an impromptu stop at the Taco Bell when your on the way home from the bar. Beginning Thursday, Yum! Brands, Inc.'s (NYSE: YUM) Taco Bell will test a feature that allows Lyft passengers to push a button to have their driver to...

With Uber rolling out in-app tipping nationwide, drivers are now incentivized to provide a premium service and differentiate their ride-hailing experience. Jeff Cripe is sympathetic to their pressures, particularly as the more crowded and competitive industry is limiting driver pay. At the same...

Comic book fans flying out of San Diego after attending last weekend’s Comic-Con got a strange and baffling announcement from United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: UAL): Carry on your comics if you want, but you’re prohibited from checking them inside your luggage. United subsequently...